Black Inventors, Crafting Over 200 years of Success

Intimate Conversation with author Keith Holmes and Ella Curry of EDC Creations Media Group

For twenty-four years, Mr. Holmes has worked in the satellite communications industry, and since 1977, he has used computers from main frames to personal computers. Mr. Holmes has spent considerable time researching information on Black inventors at the New York Patent Library, the Schomburg Library in New York and the Howard University's Moorland-Spingarn Research Center in Washington, DC. He has lectured in New York, New Jersey and Washington, DC, and is currently working on several projects about Black inventors. Mr. Holmes has spent twenty years researching information on Black innovators and inventors from around the world.

Ella: Welcome Mr. Holmes! Tell us about the book.
"Black Inventors, Crafting Over 200 years of Success". It is one of the most comprehensive books on Black Inventors since Henry E. Baker's research on Black inventors in the early 20th century.

This book identifies Black inventors from five continents, over seventy countries, including almost all fifty states in the United States. This book cites a number of Black inventors from 1769 - 2007, as well a few Native American inventors from the 19th and 20th century.

Ella: Finish this sentence: I am Powerful because ...
I am Powerful because I know that when you seek the truth about a subject the right resources will be at beckon call to complete that project.

Ella: Where are you from?
I was born in Queens, NY. and currently live in Brooklyn, NY. with my family.

Ella: How did you start your writing journey?
That's a very good question; I was always an avid reader and enjoyed studying facts about our history and the struggles that our people have faced. In 1988, I came across a book about Black Inventors, by Burt McKinley. It was a fascinating book with information about inventors that I had very little knowledge about. I spoke with a very good friend about this book and he said something that was profound. He said "you could write a book about Black inventors". Now mind you, I did a little writing back then, short stories and poetry, nothing to deep. But that statement about writing a book about Black inventors really struck a chord in me. I immediately started compiling information and data about Black inventors. it's been a twenty year journey, and this is the first fruit.

Ella: What makes your book stand out and would entice a reader pick it up?
In researching and writing this first book "Black Inventors, Crafting Over 200 Years of Success". I wanted to write a book that every Black man, woman and child could pick up and find someone in it who they could relate to because they come from the same city, state or country as the reader.

Ella: Ultimately, what do you want readers to gain from your book?
I want the reader to realize that inventions by people of African descent did not start with our
enslavement and transplantation to countries outside of Africa. That invention bug is inherent and as a people we have always been innovators and inventors since the ancient kingdoms of Egypt and passed through the civilizations of Songhai, Timbuktu, Ghana, the Great Zimbabwe, the powerful Zulu nations and many other African traditions. The seeds of inventions were in Black men and women they brought those ideas, innovations and inventions with them when they were forcibly moved to Canada, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, Great Britain, the United States. The book points out these inventions from 1769-2007. Also, that the Black inventors are not a thing of the past, there are men, women and young people creating new inventions every day.

Ella: What is the most surprising thing you have learned in creating books?
You have to devote time, develop a plan, and make sacrifices less television, less going to the movies and be serious about what you want to accomplish. But more importantly you have to work with other people to help you get your project done. You can't do it all by yourself. Don't be afraid to ask for help.

Ella: How may readers contact you? Where are some of the places the books are located?

Global Black Inventor Research Projects, Inc.
Keith C. Holmes
1023 Beverley Road
Brooklyn, NY. 11218
Tel: 718-284-8965
Fax: 646-610-1485
Email: info@gloabalblackinventor.com or kcholmes50@gmail.com
Website: www.globalblackinventor.com; Book retails for $15.00

Ella, with your permission I would like to send the final press release on a new book that is now available, "Black Inventors, Crafting Over 200 years of Success". It is one of the most comprehensive books on Black Inventors since Henry E. Baker's research on Black inventors in the early 20th century.

This book identifies Black inventors from five continents, over seventy countries, including almost all fifty states in the United States. This book cites a number of Black inventors from 1769 - 2007, as well a few Native American inventors from the 19th and 20th century.

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Here's a partial list of locations that carry our books:
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD.,
Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN.,
Amazon.com,
Apex Museum, Atlanta, GA.,
Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.,
Atlanta University Center, Atlanta, GA.,
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA.,
British Virgin Islands Public Library, British Virgin Islands,
Calgary Public Library, Calgary, Alberta (Pending)
Clarke's Books, South Africa,
Department of Archives, Nassau, Bahamas,
Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI.,
EuroAfricaCentral Network, Hamburg, Germany.
Greensboro Public Library, Greensboro, NC.,
Halifax Public Library, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Harvard University, Harvard College Library. Cambridge, MA.,
Howard University Library, Washington, DC.,
J. S. Gericke Library, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosh, South Africa,
Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library, Tallahassee, FL.,
Lintal Books, Montreal, Canada,
Marine Biological Laboratory, Wood Hole, MA.,
Mississippi Library Commission, Jackson, MS.,
National Library Service & Information Systems, Belize,
Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, VA.,
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.,
Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma, OK.,
Passaic Public Library, Passaic, NJ.,
Penn Center, Inc (History and Culture), St. Helena, SC.,
Petersburg Public Library, Petersburg, VA.,
Public Library of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.,
Richmond Public Library, Richmond, CA.,
Simmons College, Boston, MA.,
St. Petersburg Library, St. Petersburg, FL.,
Saint Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO.,
Scientific Research Council, Kingston, Jamaica,
Shades of Africa, Long Beach, CA.,
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.,
Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN.,
The National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and
Technology, Trinidad & Tobago,
University of Cape Town, Rondebosh, South Africa,,
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.,
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS.,
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.,
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS.,
Washington University Libraries, St. Louis, MO.,

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